re: Troll "Journalist" Dan Wolken is back at it. AU basketball is cheating!

He hates Bruce.. This is part of a 10 part series, but says absolutely nothing.

An SEC spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the conversation took place in 2018 after the SEC office was "made aware of general concerns about video cameras in basketball arenas related to visiting team practices and informally received information involving an individual institution. Uncorroborated information is typically shared with an involved institution, which occurred during the off-season period."

The SEC did not name the institution, but according to six people affiliated with different SEC programs, Auburn was the team at the center of the spying allegations. With head coach Bruce Pearl in the room, however, nobody wanted to stand up and point the finger directly. During a tense moment, according to those people with knowledge of the meeting, then-South Carolina coach Frank Martin implored his colleagues to stop with anonymous sniping and say what they wanted to say.......


Plus, proof was scant. There was no Connor Stalions-type smoking gun of wrongdoing, and the SEC typically prefers to keep such family squabbles in-house. After three seasons at the bottom of the SEC standings, Auburn had just tied for the league title and reached the NCAA tournament's round of 32. The Tigers' success only heightened the sense of suspicion.

But now, digital eyes are everywhere. From security cameras to permanent TV cameras to cameras used for tracking technology, a coach can easily access a stream or video of whatever is happening in his arena, with one or two clicks on his laptop. That makes for rampant opportunity to cheat. One current Division I men's coach told USA TODAY Sports he doesn't even worry about it anymore because he assumes his team is being watched every moment of a walkthrough on the road.


As for the Auburn situation, the SEC never had any basis to sanction the school or even launch a formal investigation. Nothing was proven.